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Thistle
Thistle is a 1 year old Golden Retriever Mix we adopted from Labs & More Rescue under the generous sponsorship of Rennie Gabriel and Three Dog Bakery Encino. She is spunky and goofy, sweet and loving, and enjoys harnessing her puppy energy for her new job as a focused Shelter to Soldier trainee. We are […]
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Annie
Annie is a 1 year old Dalmatian/Pit mix we adopted from San Diego Department of Animal Services Bonita Shelter. She was surrendered there by her owners who felt they couldn’t provide the life she deserved. We are very thankful to have found her, and we are confident that she is going to make a veteran […]
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Halia
Halia is a 1 year old pit mix we adopted from San Diego Department of Animal Services Bonita Shelter. She is gentle and cuddly, but still energetic and focused enough to really enjoy working with her trainers and having a job. She has a really great smile that lifts us all. Halia’s adoption, care, housing, […]
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Lima
Lima is a 1 year old black lab mix adopted from the El Cajon Animal Shelter. She has a very sweet temperament and enjoys her training. She is confident and eager to please. We are so thrilled that we found this sweet pup for our program! Lima’s adoption, care, housing, training and future placement with […]
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Tumble
Tumble is a 5 month old shepherd mix we adopted from Labs & More Rescue. He is very sweet and affectionate, loves hugs, and loves to learn! He really wants to have a job, so we are thankful that he found our program. He is going to make an amazing service dog for a veteran […]
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Sophia
Sophia is a 1 year old chocolate lab/pit bull mix adopted from Labs & More Rescue where they originally rescued her as a stray from Mexico. Sophia is energetic but focuses wonderfully with training. She brings so much joy to our team (and anyone who meets her) with her big smile and warm hugs. We […]
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Lola
Lola is a 1 year old pit bull mix adopted from San Diego Department of Animal Services Carlsbad Shelter. She is soaring through our program, mostly because of her confidence in public settings and incredible focus on her (trainer) handler. She is affectionate and gentle and we love her to bits! Lola’s adoption, care, training, […]
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Millie
Millie is a 2 year old German Shorthair Pointer mix who we adopted from Labradors and More Rescue. Millie is very affectionate and would prefer to work for affection than ball time anyway. She is very bright and loves to work, but has a soft enough energy to make her excel at this new job. […]
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Penny
Breed: Shepherd Mix
Age: 6 months
Penny is an adorable young shepherd mix that we adopted from Thrive Animal Rescue through Kelly, one of their foster partners in Huntington Beach. Kelly heard of this sweet girl roaming near the freeway as a stray in Riverside, CA and immediately jumped in to help Penny on behalf of Thrive. Despite her life as […]
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Desmond
Breed: Mastiff Mix
Desmond was one of 49 mastiffs rescued by the San Diego Department of Animal Services from a local hoarding situation. We adopted this sweet puppy from their Central Shelter. Desmond was affectionately named by his sponsors, the Petco Foundation, through an online poll of supporters who chose the name after Desmond Doss, the United States […]
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Benny
Breed: Cattle Dog
Benny is a cattle dog mix adopted from Labs and More Rescue here in San Diego. He is super smart, eager to work, and has a really fun personality. We are so glad that he found his way to our program, and we can’t wait to see the joy he brings to a veteran one […]
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Keeta
Breed: Greyhound/Shepherd Mix
Keeta is a young greyhound/shepherd mix adopted from Labs and More Rescue right here in San Diego! “Keeta” means very versatile and intuitive; one with leadership abilities for humanity and not for self-glorification. We think her name fits her new purpose perfectly! She is such a fun addition to our team, and we love the […]
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Riddler
Riddler was adopted from one of our rescue partners, Labs N More! The rescue contacted training director and Cofounder, Graham Bloem, to tell him that they had a few dogs we needed to meet and Riddler (formerly Angus) was one pup we just had to have for Shelter to Soldier™! This boy is very affectionate […]
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Armstrong
Armstrong was adopted from one of our rescue partners, Labs N More! The rescue contacted training director and Cofounder, Graham Bloem, to tell him that they had a few dogs we needed to meet and Armstrong was one pup we just had to have for Shelter to Soldier™! This energetic and sweet boy is eager […]
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Duke
Breed: Cattle Dog Mix
Age: 1 year old
In July of 2017, we were contacted by our close friend and rescue partner Cece Bloum, from Thrive Animal Rescue. Cece reached out to our training company, Specialty Dog Training, to get some basic obedience training for a new rescue for them, Duke. However, once we evaluated him, we determined that Duke would be a […]